Yet another refugee from the state public service has found himself a senior position in Kevin Rudd’s Canberra bureaucracy.
April, 2009
Fiji unravels: the view from the blogosphere
The Fiji blogosphere chats about Frank Bainimarama’s fear of a coup within a coup of his 3 coups.
Big polluters cry poor. Again.
Having designed a scheme that rewards the biggest polluters with billions of dollars’ worth of free permits, the Government is still facing demands from industry for more compensation.
Tips and rumours: Q&A with the Australian Jockey Club
As an attendee of last week’s AJC Extraordinary General Meeting, one can only give it one positive spin — it lived up to its title of being “extraordinary”.
Bolton’s greenmail could turn brown
Yesterday’s farcical shenanigans at the BrisConnections unit-holders meeting could be the beginning of the end for renegade shareholder Nick Bolton.
Triple M puts the root into grassroots footy
Perhaps the AFL should also be having a little word with their official broadcast partner Triple M in the wake of Chookgate, writes Neil Walker.
First ever scratch ‘n’ sniff multimedia cartoon…
The Flight of the Bumblebee: a musico-visual extravaganza.
Bad news from Copenhagen: climate beyond worst case
Urgent action is needed now to decarbonise societies.
The Costigan Commission was a farce
The Costigan Commission was a farce, run by a briefless barrister, determined to keep it going for as long as possible so he could enjoy the spoils and perpetuate his image as a crusader, writes a Sydney lawyer.
Fear and loathing in Loss Vegas
If James Packer was harbouring any remote thoughts about a move back to Nevada, he’d be wiser hedging his bets.
Could News Ltd papers be about to go free?
There’s growing evidence that Rupert Murdoch’s local henchmen could be mulling a left-field plan to give away its stable of mastheads.
Budget countdown: incomes between a tax cut and a hard place
Australia has an unfair, warped and immensely costly approach to incomes policy and the coming budget is the ideal time to start the long process of fixing it.
Obama calls renewables ‘pillar’ of new economy
Environmentalists had a tiny little greengasm as Obama announced his intention to place renewable energy at the heart of economic recovery.
Make hay while the rain pours: why companies should keep spending
Numerous studies have shown that companies that keep spending on acquisition, advertising, and R & D. during recessions do significantly better than those which make big cuts.
What newspapers can learn from iPhones
Newspapers used to be people’s daily connection to the world, the provider of every scrap of essential information. But iPhone apps just do it so much better.
Mining Twitter for meaning
Doctors are using it to remove brain tumours. Companies like Starbucks are testing public sentiment for their lattes with it. Twitter is proving handy, if you know how to use it.
Tamils in Torres Strait
The Torres News has a piece on their website (and the front page of their dead tree version) about the recent arrival of fifty Tamil asylum seekers in the region. The style and detail of the story makes an interesting contrast to a lot of the mainstream media coverage of asylum seeker arrivals.
Essential Report: Ruddnet China and budget edition
This week’s Essential Report comes in with the primaries running to the ALP 51 (down 3)/34 (up 2), for a two party preferred of 61/39 — the ALP dropping 2 points from the stratospheric highs of 63.
Westpoll: 52-48 to Federal Labor in WA
Today’s West Australian brings a Westpoll survey of 400 voters showing federal Labor with a two-party lead in the state of 52-48.
Latest must-have iPhone app: ATM locator
ATM Hunter — built by MasterCard for iPhones — is nothing revolutionary, but damn if it won’t come in handy.
How Big Food is copying Big Tobacco
Researchers say the US food industry is employing the same legal, political and business strategies previously utilised by Big Tobacco, and the health consequences could be dire.
